Category: M

In old English law. To occupy ; to use or cultivate; to have in manual occupation; to bestow manual labor upon. Cowell.

Lat The sea.

A penny anciently paid at the town of Maldon by those who had gutters laid or made out of their houses into the streets. Wharton.

ing out of tho exigencies thereof, arbitrary i:i its character, and depending only ou the will of the commander of an army, which is established and administered in a place or district

The character, relation, state, or condition of a mother.

An established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted, as being a correct statement of the law, or as agreeable to natural reason. Coke defines a maxim to be “conclusion

That by which extent or dimension is ascertained, either length, breadth, thickness, capacity, or amount. Webster. The rule by which anything is adjusted or proportioned.

Relating to the law concerning medical questions.

In Saxon law. The recompense due and given to him who made dis- covery of any breach of penal laws committed by another person, called the “promot- er’s [i. e., informer’s] fee.”

Lat. Mind; intention; meaning; understanding; will.

Lat. A market. A eon- tract of sale. Supplies for au army, (com- m vat us.)

Sax. A marsh. Spelman.

A house and its appurtenance. Cowell.

A tribute or rent paid in victuals. Cowell.

Great council. One of the names of the general council of the kingdom in the times of the Saxons. 1 Bl. Comm. 147.

stream for the purpose of operating the mill, with due regard to the rights of other owners above and below him on the stream. Gould v. Boston Duck Co., 13 Gray (Mass.)

Office; service. Those members of the government who are in the cabinet.

Ill conduct; improper or unlawful behavior. Verdicts are sometimes set aside on the ground of misbehavior of jurors. Smith v. Cutler, 10 Wend. (N. Y.) 590, 25 Am. Dec. 580; Turnbull v.

which was commonly used to be given by the ordinary to such condemned malefactors as were allowed the benefit of clergy; whence it is also called the “psalm of mercy.” Wharton.

The mass-book.